TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel JAL City Nagasaki

Travel Blogs from Nagasaki

... a nearby prison with reinforced walls was smashed like a sandcastle killing the lot inside. 73000 + were killed and 2/3 of the city brought to rubble. I couldn't read on further as the mind struggles to comtempate it.

The next stop is the war museum, we went in but despite Rachelle saying we might as well go in I just couldn't face what I knew would be horrific images, I've seen enough war museums to know they can bring on nightmares. The walk ...

... items from the event, and - what was most moving was to see - the effects of the atomic bomb on the people. It was heart breaking to to see the pictures. Did you know that people suffered years after this? Glass was being removed from a woman 10 years later and several cancers did not manifest till 10-15 years later. Second and third generations of the atomic bomb where affected. They may not have been present, but ...

... until we were almost out of sight, a perfect evening, calm and warm. Onward to Osaka in two day’s time… Illness is epidemic, the “FLU”, and if either of us escape ..being on buses with 80% who are effected, [one of our buses made people get off ,and buy masks at the first stop, of course in Asia if you are ill ,you wear a mask to protect others… ] it will be a miracle, but managed one great day in Japan ..so far… Love from us in ...

... Japan's oldest stone bridge (1634). - Walked through Chinatown. - Walked to the Dutch Slopes, just a residential area now - walked up to (but not through) Glover Gardens, where Scotsman Thomas Glover used to reside - visited Kōshi-byō, the only Confucian shrine built by the Chinese outside of China and the land is technically Chinese territory - walked to Dejima, the Portuguese ...

... about it. - Walked through the Shianbashi area. - Drank at a recently opened bar (2nd day) and chatted to three TEFL teacher who are based here: swapped some funny stories of our experiences so far. WE LOVED: - checking into the most luxurious hotel so far! - (loved?) Comparing Nagasaki's experience of the Atomic bomb with what we had seen in Hiroshima. 'Fat man' was twice as powerful as 'little boy' and Nagasaki was not the original target ...